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New concert venue approved for southwest Houston

December 15, 2016

A former flood-damaged area in southwest Houston is getting a concert venue.

Houston City Council approved plans Dec. 14 to build the Levitt Pavilion at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve, according to the Houston Chronicle. The venue is expected to open in 2019.

Houston First Corp. will pay for capital repairs during the venue’s first 15 years of operation, up to a maximum of $1 million, the Chronicle reports. The city and the Los Angeles-based Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation agreed to…